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<blockquote data-quote="hejtmane" data-source="post: 7001044" data-attributes="member: 6799371"><p><a href="https://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/dnd/DMG_Errata.pdf" target="_blank">https://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/dnd/DMG_Errata.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>Link to the Errata</p><p></p><p>Magic Weapons (p. 140). The section ends with a new paragraph:</p><p>“If a magic weapon has the ammunition property, ammunition</p><p>fired from it is considered magical for the purpose of</p><p>overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and</p><p></p><p>Just to cover all basis</p><p></p><p>Mike Mearls Response </p><p><a href="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/30/normal-arrows-and-magic-bow/" target="_blank">http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/30/normal-arrows-and-magic-bow/</a></p><p>[h=1]<a href="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/30/normal-arrows-and-magic-bow/" target="_blank">Normal arrows and magic bow</a>[/h]<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ADA393"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><a href="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/30/normal-arrows-and-magic-bow/" target="_blank">NOVEMBER 30, 2015</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><a href="http://www.sageadvice.eu/author/thesage/" target="_blank">ZOLTAR</a></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit"><a href="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/30/normal-arrows-and-magic-bow/#respond" target="_blank">LEAVE A COMMENT</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E">[FONT=&quot]<span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #697882"><a href="https://twitter.com/rderekp/status/653150911569743872" target="_blank">11 Oct 15</a></span></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="https://twitter.com/rderekp" target="_blank"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/815251364007804928/eEuWAQ2P_normal.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Derek P. <span style="color: #697882">@rderekp</span></a></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="https://twitter.com/mikemearls" target="_blank">@mikemearls</a> do normal arrows count as magic for resistance purposes when fired from a magic bow?</p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://twitter.com/mikemearls" target="_blank"></a></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="https://twitter.com/mikemearls" target="_blank">Follow</a></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="https://twitter.com/mikemearls" target="_blank"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/742773954570375168/JXmsfzJH_normal.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><u>(((Mike Mearls)))</u> <span style="color: #697882">@mikemearls</span></a></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="https://twitter.com/rderekp" target="_blank">@rderekp</a> yes</p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="color: #697882"><a href="https://twitter.com/mikemearls/status/654114460873920512" target="_blank">9:00 PM - 13 Oct 2015</a></span></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></p><p></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E">[/FONT]</span></p><p></p><p>Jeremy Crawford</p><p><a href="http://www.sageadvice.eu/tag/shortbow/" target="_blank">http://www.sageadvice.eu/tag/shortbow/</a></p><p>[h=1]<a href="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/26/are-ammunitions-fired-with-magic-ranged-weapon-magical/" target="_blank">Are ammunitions fired with magic ranged weapon magical?</a>[/h]<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ADA393"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><a href="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/26/are-ammunitions-fired-with-magic-ranged-weapon-magical/" target="_blank">NOVEMBER 26, 2015</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><a href="http://www.sageadvice.eu/author/thesage/" target="_blank">ZOLTAR</a></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit"><a href="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/26/are-ammunitions-fired-with-magic-ranged-weapon-magical/#respond" target="_blank">LEAVE A COMMENT</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E">[FONT=&quot]<span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://twitter.com/siseru" target="_blank"></a></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="https://twitter.com/siseru" target="_blank">Follow</a></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="https://twitter.com/siseru" target="_blank"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/364705407/d20_normal.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />死せる詩人 <span style="color: #697882">@siseru</span></a></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford" target="_blank">@JeremyECrawford</a> My fighter attack a creature with a magical longbow and non-magical arrows. Is this attack magical ? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dnd5e?src=hash" target="_blank">#dnd5e</a></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="color: #697882"><a href="https://twitter.com/siseru/status/656230474063331329" target="_blank">5:08 PM - 19 Oct 2015</a></span></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=656230474063331329" target="_blank"><br /> </a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=656230474063331329" target="_blank"><br /> Retweets</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=656230474063331329" target="_blank"><br /> likes</a></li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></p><p></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford" target="_blank"></a></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford" target="_blank">Follow</a></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford" target="_blank"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/501487560565063682/G5HbBKPv_normal.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Jeremy Crawford <span style="color: #697882">@JeremyECrawford</span></a></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">The attacks made by a magic ranged weapon are magical, even if the ammunition isn't magical. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DnD?src=hash" target="_blank">#DnD</a> <a href="https://t.co/pady4HZrdK" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/siseru/status/656230474063331329 …</a></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="color: #697882"><a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/656522209305886720" target="_blank">12:27 PM - 20 Oct 2015</a></span></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></p><p></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E"><span style="color: #1C2022"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7C705E">[/FONT]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hejtmane, post: 7001044, member: 6799371"] [URL]https://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/dnd/DMG_Errata.pdf[/URL] Link to the Errata Magic Weapons (p. 140). The section ends with a new paragraph: “If a magic weapon has the ammunition property, ammunition fired from it is considered magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and Just to cover all basis Mike Mearls Response [url]http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/30/normal-arrows-and-magic-bow/[/url] [h=1][URL="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/30/normal-arrows-and-magic-bow/"]Normal arrows and magic bow[/URL][/h][CENTER][COLOR=#ADA393][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][URL="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/30/normal-arrows-and-magic-bow/"]NOVEMBER 30, 2015[/URL][/FONT][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][URL="http://www.sageadvice.eu/author/thesage/"]ZOLTAR[/URL][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=inherit][URL="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/30/normal-arrows-and-magic-bow/#respond"]LEAVE A COMMENT[/URL][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [COLOR=#7C705E][FONT="][COLOR=#1C2022][FONT=Helvetica][INDENT][COLOR=#697882][URL="https://twitter.com/rderekp/status/653150911569743872"]11 Oct 15[/URL][/COLOR] [URL="https://twitter.com/rderekp"][IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/815251364007804928/eEuWAQ2P_normal.jpg[/IMG]Derek P. [COLOR=#697882]@rderekp[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="https://twitter.com/mikemearls"]@mikemearls[/URL] do normal arrows count as magic for resistance purposes when fired from a magic bow? [/INDENT] [INDENT][URL="https://twitter.com/mikemearls"] Follow[/URL] [URL="https://twitter.com/mikemearls"][IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/742773954570375168/JXmsfzJH_normal.jpg[/IMG][U](((Mike Mearls)))[/U] [COLOR=#697882]@mikemearls[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="https://twitter.com/rderekp"]@rderekp[/URL] yes [COLOR=#697882][URL="https://twitter.com/mikemearls/status/654114460873920512"]9:00 PM - 13 Oct 2015[/URL][/COLOR] [/INDENT] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] Jeremy Crawford [url]http://www.sageadvice.eu/tag/shortbow/[/url] [h=1][URL="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/26/are-ammunitions-fired-with-magic-ranged-weapon-magical/"]Are ammunitions fired with magic ranged weapon magical?[/URL][/h][CENTER][COLOR=#ADA393][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][URL="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/26/are-ammunitions-fired-with-magic-ranged-weapon-magical/"]NOVEMBER 26, 2015[/URL][/FONT][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit][URL="http://www.sageadvice.eu/author/thesage/"]ZOLTAR[/URL][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=inherit][URL="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/26/are-ammunitions-fired-with-magic-ranged-weapon-magical/#respond"]LEAVE A COMMENT[/URL][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [COLOR=#7C705E][FONT="][COLOR=#1C2022][FONT=Helvetica][INDENT][URL="https://twitter.com/siseru"] Follow[/URL] [URL="https://twitter.com/siseru"][IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/364705407/d20_normal.jpg[/IMG]死せる詩人 [COLOR=#697882]@siseru[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford"]@JeremyECrawford[/URL] My fighter attack a creature with a magical longbow and non-magical arrows. Is this attack magical ? [URL="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dnd5e?src=hash"]#dnd5e[/URL] [COLOR=#697882][URL="https://twitter.com/siseru/status/656230474063331329"]5:08 PM - 19 Oct 2015[/URL][/COLOR] [LIST] [*][URL="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=656230474063331329"] [/URL] [*][URL="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=656230474063331329"] Retweets[/URL] [*][URL="https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=656230474063331329"] likes[/URL] [/LIST] [/INDENT] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1C2022][FONT=Helvetica][INDENT][URL="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford"] Follow[/URL] [URL="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford"][IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/501487560565063682/G5HbBKPv_normal.jpeg[/IMG]Jeremy Crawford [COLOR=#697882]@JeremyECrawford[/COLOR][/URL] The attacks made by a magic ranged weapon are magical, even if the ammunition isn't magical. [URL="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DnD?src=hash"]#DnD[/URL] [URL="https://t.co/pady4HZrdK"]https://twitter.com/siseru/status/656230474063331329 …[/URL] [COLOR=#697882][URL="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/656522209305886720"]12:27 PM - 20 Oct 2015[/URL][/COLOR] [/INDENT] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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